After a slow start to the 2007 softball campaign, Clarkston turned on the jets to go to 22-14 prior to its regional playoff against Birmingham Seaholm Saturday. The Wolves went 12-3 in their final 15 games leading up to the start of regionals. Clarkston won its first district championship since 2004 with a win over […]
There’s no place like home for Amy Crowell, a junior kindergarten teacher at Planet Kids Children’s Center for the past four years and now the center is going to feel even more like home. Crowell, along with sister-in-law Kelly Collins have purchased the business, which serves about 180 families. Planet Kids, housed in a 9,400-square-foot […]
Volunteers looking to donate their time to a great cause are filling local tracks to benefit cancer research through the American Cancer Society. The same goes for Kim Fischer, second year chairperson of the eighth-annual Relay for Life Clarkston, which begins Saturday at 10 a.m. at Clarkston Junior High School. The event will open with […]
Involvement in Clarkston SCAMP can come about in many ways. Marlene Stone, 2008 president, became acquainted with the group five years ago as a business consultant. Stone, founder and president of Intellitrends, a market vision and strategy company from Independence Township, was asked to oversee a meeting of the SCAMP board. Stone’s company, in the […]
For Clarkston volleyball coach Kelly Avenall, there have been several changes in her sport since taking over for Gordie Richardson almost five years ago. Changing faces, rule changes and, most recently, a change in the entire season volleyball will be played during next school year. Some things that will never change, however, are the fundamentals […]
The Oakland Sidewinders went 6-0 in the Memorial Day Classic in Farmington Hills to earn the tourney crown. The girls? dominance from the plate resulted in a 68-5 advantage over the six-game period. ‘That was the best-hitting tournament in the four years they’ve been together,? coach Stu Hastings said. The victories marked the beginning of […]
Setting their sights on future success, Clarkston’s inaugural eighth grade softball team finished its season earlier this month with a 6-4-1 record. The girls earned second place in the Waterford Spring League. The girls learned the same skills as the high school varsity team, to help prepare them for the future, only a year away. […]
Following a season where Clarkston finished second in Oakland Activities Association division II boys tennis, the Wolves will undergo their biggest re-structuring since coach Chaz Claus took the helm in 2004. ‘I graduated some real good players and it’s a very strong senior class that will be departing,? Claus said. ‘Even though this year I […]
Parents and kids gathered for Drum-unity at Springfield Township Library June 11. The event marked the beginning of summer reading. John Stakoe, Michigan Representative from the 44th district, began the festivities reading to the children. ‘There has been a tendency with the electronic age not to read. I love to read and it’s fun to […]
The similarities between Clarkston and Lake Orion are always drawn out on the playing field. The cross-town foes are often said to be mirror images of each other and with the Dragons? baseball and girls golf state championships this season, they literally are. While Britney Hamilton and Darby Peters were driving down fairways and Joe […]